Regionalism and the New International Economic Order and Diplomats' Views on the United Nations System: An Attitude Survey

1982 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 519-520
Author(s):  
Brian Meredith
Keyword(s):  
International Economic ◽  
United Nations ◽  
International Economic Order ◽  
Economic Order ◽  
Attitude Survey ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
United Nations System ◽  
Nations System

Notice of Other Recent Documents

1994 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 1619-1620
Keyword(s):  
International Economic ◽  
Cold War ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Social Cooperation ◽  
Post Cold War ◽  
International Support ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
United Nations System ◽  
United Nations Charter ◽  
Nations System

The fourth in the 1994 series of reports and papers released by the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS), the 36-page Evolving United Nations: Principles and Realities, by Johan Kaufmann, examines concepts enshrined in the United Nations Charter — conflict and peace-related activities, international economic and social cooperation, and human rights and humanitarian activities — and discusses them in terms of the realities and developments of the post-Cold War era. The author concludes that, while the UN must still be treated as an organization of states, the automaticity with which self-proclaimed states, with minimum international support, can become UN members must be challenged.

Restructuring the United Nations system: institutional reform efforts in the context of North-South relations

1978 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 993-1018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald I. Meltzer
Keyword(s):  
International Economic ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Institutional Reform ◽  
International Economic Order ◽  
Institutional Reforms ◽  
Policy Goals ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
United Nations System ◽  
Social Affairs

Since 1975, the United Nations has undertaken major deliberations to consider institutional reform of the UN system. Such restructuring activities have sprung from widespread dissatisfaction with the United Nations' capacity to deal with problems of economic development and relations between industrialized and developing countries. UN reform efforts have focused on two broad areas: reshaping the deliberative and policy-making operations of central UN institutions in order to reach more coherent global policies on international economic and social affairs; and reorganizing the planning, coordination, and implementation of UN programs to achieve these policy goals more effectively. In 1977, the General Assembly adopted the report of an intergovernmental Ad Hoc Committee, which provided detailed guidelines for prospective UN restructuring, and assigned its recommendations to relevant units within the UN system for the purpose of implementing these reforms. Major themes emphasized in these guidelines include an increased centralization and integration of the UN system in dealing with international economic and social affairs and improved efficiency and coordination of UN operations and activities in these areas. Fundamental to the course of UN restructuring deliberations—and to the extent and significance of eventual institutional reforms—has been the linkage between UN reorganization and the disposition of substantive North-South issues, as the restructuring exercise remains tied to the pace and direction of negotiations concerning “a new international economic order.”

Diplomats' Views on the United Nations System: An Attitude Survey

1982 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 476
Author(s):  
Brian Meredith ◽  
Thomas M. Franck ◽  
John P. Renninger ◽  
Vladislav B. Tikhomirov
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Attitude Survey ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
United Nations System ◽  
Nations System
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